A song written by Rita McNeil and this performance by Welshman David Alexander. May we never have to send humans underground again for energy purposes, unless they want to.
I left the pit in south Yorkshire 30 years ago but in my heart I'm still a coal miner. Nobody will ever take the dust out of my lungs and I will never have mates like I had back then. Proud to have been part of the strike and proud to have seen it through.
Even today our youth on the other side of the world learn about that legendary strike. You made history that will be remembered forever. Greetings from Canada.
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What’s the unemployment rate in your area? My father was a contract miner; he had no use for union miners. In 1968 he made $36k, the days pay miners made $12k. Today contract miners are a “dying breed”; replaced by union miners.
Strangely most Councils want to forget about the Mining history, so very rarely erect some kind of decent memorial to the Pits and the brave men, instead many memorials are completed by donations from the public, as for the Conservative Government they all will hate Miners.
My 86-year-old husband, as a starving kid from the slums of Leicester, went to work in the mines at Coalville at the age of 12. His job was to take care of 'Pony', often in pitch darkness, but Pony mainly always took care of him! The men also always took care of the many kids that went to work in the mines to help their families with the few shillings they were able to earn. An unimaginably hard life for a child of such a tender age, but, as the old saying goes, 'needs must when the devil drives'! At age 15, he managed to get an above-ground job at a garage, helping the mechanics until he was called-up for National Service at 18. He never forgot those 3 years, or the men who watched over him, or Pony. Every time I hear this song, I could cry millions of tears for those brave men and starving little children who slaved away in the darkness. Thank you, Rita, for putting so much feeling into such tender words!
I'm a third generation Ohio miner, Grandpa, dad and my older brother all worked in Coal, however, the local coal mines closed in '16, now dad and I work in an underground limestone mine. Theres nothing I'd rather do, God bless ya'll that work deep mines, keep an eye on the ribs and an ear to the back!
I love that Rita's song has touched the mining community of the world. I worked underground, but not in a coal mine. Those guys worked for their family, no other reason.
Thank you for this wonderful song. I spent over 30 years working in UG coal mines in Poland and Australia. I'm over 75 and I'm still there in my dreams.
I don't know about that mate- have a look at what slavery involved. No doubt mining was hard honest graft, but nobody was deported from their own country or deprived of their freedom. Miners were paid employees of the colliery and free to do as they wish.
My grandad was down the valleys of South Wales....and people these days with health and safety I've work some hard days on building sites and on the bins but they were easy compared to what these men did ❤️
My Grandfather was a miner who worked in the mines in N.Z. These mines have a lot of gas in them but to those who work at the face, it's a job. My Grandfather was killed in one of the mines although he was recovered and given a miners burial.
I lost my dad on the 31st July 2022 at 0641hrs..... He was a miner at the Granville Colliery UK. This was his song and he had it played at his funeral. I miss him so much
My father was a Coal Miner in his early childhood life, in the Swansea Valley until he was around 28yrs, he then served in WW2 and then became an engineer / turner. I have researched his life extensively but this is the most amazing recording, both with the Lyrics and the video footage which makes what he did "Come Alive" . Thank you for "U-Tubing" this and sharing. Wonderful vocal / voice too. Miss you dad xx
a wonderful song and sung by a great singer. I just wish the words were not changed from the original. My grandad lost 3 of his brothers and also his dad in a mining explosion deep underground 9.30am Thursday 26 March 1896. RIP all men and boys worldwide who never again saw the sun
A song I’ll always feel proud to listen to. To those men from Auchengeich Miners Distillery, you’ll never be forgotten. A community shook but never broken.
Both my grandfathers worked in the pits. One of them was killed down there. The pit have gone now. I can't ssay that they dirty conditions and dangerous work are to be missed. Having said that. By God I miss the people that worked and lived in the mining communities. A proud son of Durham I remain.
Playing this for my wifes papa who worked in bilston glen midlothian Scotland and for all the working miners who fought too keep our house warm and for the electricity that they went under ground for the coal thank you too all the miners. Great tribute
The video you provide is absolutely profound, complimenting the song. Our civilization is founded on coal and so few realize what it has taken to get it.
I still work in a Coal mine ( 14 years so far) and my heart is heavy with doubt if i will ever find a job as good. Miners are special breed of man. In a next year i will lose my job becouse EU want a green future or some bullshit.
Oh such a wonderful song for our brave men, I only had a brother in law that went down the pit, I was only young then, and still miss him and my sister so much, xxxxx
My father worked in the mines until the age of 32, that's when he was killed in collapsed seam, the whole thing caved in. December 19th, 1956, six days before Xmas, left my 28 year old mother and 4 kids, of which I am one. He begged the overman for the overtime, to get money for presents for the kids. The overman told me this and cried in front of me, a fine man he was himself. I was 8 years old, the eldest, we have just gone through another 19th of December, as 66 years ago. RIP dad.
My dad went down the pit at 14 survived the lyndsday disaster in kelty five volunteered in 39 to serve with the black watch Dunkirk el allemien Anzio then returned to supposedly a land fit for heroes and went back to the mine died aged 66 years long before his time sadly missed a true hero every day of his life it took great courage to go where they went when health and safety was not as it is today rest in peace da freedom comes at price
This hits me hard :( It makes me cry every time I listen to it, my whole family & friends were miners, me included, god how I miss being a miner and think of my late dad every single day, our memories should be compiled into a massive book which will most likely never be completed, bless you brave men who worked at the Pits, lets not forget the Canteen women & cleaners, they all did their bit. RIP my friends who have left us. 💔Shirebrook Colliery 1896 until 1993 💔
Thank you for the posting and expression of the feelings from the experiences of the men who suffered so badly . Your words are reinforced by the facial expressions of the men who were photographed in that setting......this sorry and tragedy was repeated many times in eastern Canada in the mines over the successive years. I hope that yunger people would watch and ;isten to this U tube and refelct upon it .
In 1986 while living in Vancouver BC Canada, I visited the Folkfest section of the Expo 86. There was this shy woman on a stage singing to an almost empty hall. The media was there filming her singing "Working Man".. The song touched a nerve with Canadians as the next day I went back to the same hall but could not get near the door. The lineup to get in was to long and the crowd was singing with her. Some with a defiant fist in the air. Considering what a horrible disasters that had happed in Springhill NS, it was understandable that Rita McNeil had put her heart into the song which the audience recognized. ' t
I was crushed Aug. 24th 1979 but was lucky . 4 of my crew were killed & i am only crippled . RIP Guz, Bill, Kerry & Tim . You'll never be forgotten & will live forever at the miners memorial at Price Utah . RIP my friends. Alan. 😢
I'm from wilkes Barre pa. Both my granddads came from Wales as breaker boys and than worked in the mines here, black lung took them both! And people complain how tough we have it now!
Big respect to every miner for that proper hard work they done real workers in my eyes I live in an old miners village in Scotland called Fallin Behind our house is the old coal bing Total fascinating
Discovered one of my relatives was a welsh coal miner, who was involved with the 1980’s miners strike. He died recently (about 10 years ago). I am learning welsh for him.
My family on my dad's side have been coal miners in county Durham since 1553 at least. (We have searched our ancestry history). My grandad was killed at Silksworth colliery in 1934. My dad was very badly injured at Vane Tempest colliery and was still in hospital when my brother was killed at the same colliery. He was 21 and had only been married for eight weeks. I went underground 2weeks after my 16th birthday and stayed in the mining industry until I retired in 2007. My dad worked at the pit for 47 years. My great grandad on my mam's side worked in the coal mines in Kilkenny and came across to county Durham to work here. My grandad worked at ryhope colliery as did my uncles. Great and moving song whoever sings it. Rita macneil or the Dubliners or Celtic thunder.
My grandfather, His brothers, his grandfather and his great grandfather all were Dudley and Barnsley miners, not one of them lived past 65, they were all killed from lung problems, 5 from mesothelioma.
I don't accsully work in the pits ,I work In Penrhyn quarry slate but I remember my father and grandfather leaving home to help in the dryweryn ass a Welsh man I'm proud of you miners .
You were lucky, they did not throw away your bread and drink underground. Or offer you a sandwich and coffee only to withdraw the offered snap and laughed in your face as you stretched out your hand. They did not throw coal slurry in your face and eyes and laughed with hilarity. They did not pull off your clothes, drag you along the ground and push you over on broken rocks on the blindside They did not thump you in the kidney when the machine jammed and it was not your fault. They did not twist your nose with a filthy pit glove for no reason but to give them a laugh and they knew you would not fight back. You must have been more lucky than I was working down Bentley Colliery as a teenager.
I owe so much to the man who sacrificed his sight to bring my family to England. This is why I preach so much to my children about how lucky they are for the choices they have today yma o hyd
To all the greatest men that worked down the pit it must of been one of the hardest jobs to do I lost my granddad 12 month ago he spent all of his life under ground I can still remember some of the stories he told me about working underground he was one tough man and he was my hero my life my rock it's hard him not been here but I no he is up there chilling out now watching down on me love you so much granddad miss you lots and once again to all the people that worked down the pit 100% respect you are the true men of the past
Lovely song ,,my late father worked on the face in the pits. In west Yorkshire in the 50ths and 60ths and I'm grateful I never had to go down any coal mine to make a living ,,RIP and to Rita who wrote this song RIP
My dad was a miner in the north east. Langley Park pit and my older brother to. Dad would not let me go in the pits. He made me go for a trade. He was over the moon when I told him I had a apprenticeship to be a plumber. My hole family and cusons worked in pits sum cam out to drive wagons but dust got most. Dad made it to 83 but the dust got him the end he came out of the RAF and into the pits after the war all. My grandparents and most of ther kids worked pits to thay where a breed apart from the snowflakes of to day 2020
Honest to God I’ve never heard this song before, but my what a beautiful song truly I am choked up.Thank you for sharing this song to the 🌍. Bless all the men who worked on the mines🙏, please who sang this beautiful song. Thank you.
iv no connection with mineing but i get tthe camaraderie, Im from a agricultural background and we still have a little of what they had back then, Miners, Dock workers, farmers etc, hard manual workers, what would they think of todays society?
Reading all the comments about people or their parents being miners and facing dangers or lung diseases makes me equal parts ashamed of humanity for subjecting their fellow man to it in the name of profit and equal parts proud of the courage and unity the workers showed and still show.
How many good men have worked underground and passed away heroes all off them it's the working man built economy s all over the world god bless all off them from the man going to work on a bicycle and working hard all day and cycling home
Sadly only one winner, while the miners were eating from soup kitchens or fighting the so called scabs there brothers one man divided them... Mr Scargill the scurge of the miner!!!
I was a fourth generation of miners and nearly 60 now but would go back down pit tomorrow best job I've had and a privilege to have worked with some of the best people you could meet to this day I regret the end of such a great industry
i did ten years under ground from 1982 till1992 and it made me a man a team mate to all under ground cos you would never see any man strugle under ground or anywhere in the pit community you helpd everyone and they helped you
This’s the kind of hard work that America was built on. Not sitting in front of a laptop! Now get off your ass and get busy and get back to welding, hammering, machining, and mining! 🇺🇸
Son of a welsh Dad, this rings true; he was determined his children would not have to go down the mines so he provided us with a good education in the grammar schools
My grandad song not here with us and he move from south wales to coventry went coal mine close and he and my heart never forget wales because i am very happy i am welsh man
My family were miners my nan lost her son at 18 yrs old miners brought him home laid him out on my nans table and washed him before the undertakers came for him how harrowing that must have been
I left the pit in south Yorkshire 30 years ago but in my heart I'm still a coal miner. Nobody will ever take the dust out of my lungs and I will never have mates like I had back then. Proud to have been part of the strike and proud to have seen it through.
Even today our youth on the other side of the world learn about that legendary strike. You made history that will be remembered forever.
Greetings from Canada.
What’s the unemployment rate in your area? My father was a contract miner; he had no use for union miners. In 1968 he made $36k, the days pay miners made $12k. Today contract miners are a “dying breed”; replaced by union miners.
Still proud of my dad , 84 to 85 bickershaw
My Dad was on the picket line too
I was underground when I was 15 and they were my only true friends and miss them dearly xxxx
Total respect to men of mines all over the planet. The working class army ✊🤝⚒
Played at my grandfathers funeral. A Durham miner for 40 years. RIP grandad.
Rip
To your grandad, Rest in peace
My grandad worked at easington colliery pit in Durham for 50 reall men may they rest in peace
My dad worked at blackhall pit from the age of 15 till the pits got closed down
My birth family were miners and myself and I'm proud of them all
i was a tin miner for 13 years not coal but this song means so much to so many ex miners out there
All of the men that went down that dark hole deserve a medal.
Yes they do or more recognition
As opposed to those who emerged from a dark hole.
My grandad does
Strangely most Councils want to forget about the Mining history, so very rarely erect some kind of decent memorial to the Pits and the brave men, instead many memorials are completed by donations from the public, as for the Conservative Government they all will hate Miners.
My 86-year-old husband, as a starving kid from the slums of Leicester, went to work in the mines at Coalville at the age of 12. His job was to take care of 'Pony', often in pitch darkness, but Pony mainly always took care of him! The men also always took care of the many kids that went to work in the mines to help their families with the few shillings they were able to earn. An unimaginably hard life for a child of such a tender age, but, as the old saying goes, 'needs must when the devil drives'! At age 15, he managed to get an above-ground job at a garage, helping the mechanics until he was called-up for National Service at 18. He never forgot those 3 years, or the men who watched over him, or Pony. Every time I hear this song, I could cry millions of tears for those brave men and starving little children who slaved away in the darkness. Thank you, Rita, for putting so much feeling into such tender words!
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Sending love to you xxx
Love and best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
God Bless. 😢
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I'm a third generation Ohio miner, Grandpa, dad and my older brother all worked in Coal, however, the local coal mines closed in '16, now dad and I work in an underground limestone mine. Theres nothing I'd rather do, God bless ya'll that work deep mines, keep an eye on the ribs and an ear to the back!
Keep it up, I hope your work go's well for you.
30 years ive worked in th pits,and if i was younger,and still pits is still going,i would go back down,coz the men was so good
still miss it every day jimmy
I listen b4 sleep 💤 😴
Exactly how I feel
Us miners were are a special breed of person love to go back
And you you are of the Irish aren't you....?!
I love that Rita's song has touched the mining community of the world. I worked underground, but not in a coal mine. Those guys worked for their family, no other reason.
Powerful song Reminder of the suffering our grandparents went through back in the days so sad bless them all
My Great Grandad worked in coal mines...very hard work...God bless him.Amazing song !! Everyone who worked in mines deserve a gold medal!!
In the words of Max Boyce “every time i cough i get a mining souvenier”
In memory of George Renwick, underground miner, RIP Cousin, this song was played for his funeral
hard working, proper people, long live the memories and the miners who are still present today, long live gentlemen!!!!!
Thank you for this wonderful song. I spent over 30 years working in UG coal mines in Poland and Australia. I'm over 75 and I'm still there in my dreams.
Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors”.
I don't know about that mate- have a look at what slavery involved. No doubt mining was hard honest graft, but nobody was deported from their own country or deprived of their freedom. Miners were paid employees of the colliery and free to do as they wish.
My grandad was down the valleys of South Wales....and people these days with health and safety I've work some hard days on building sites and on the bins but they were easy compared to what these men did ❤️
My Grandfather was a miner who worked in the mines in N.Z. These mines have a lot of gas in them but to those who work at the face, it's a job. My Grandfather was killed in one of the mines although he was recovered and given a miners burial.
R.i.p. to your grandpa. My grandpa worked 54 years in the mines. Died of black lung
I lost my dad on the 31st July 2022 at 0641hrs..... He was a miner at the Granville Colliery UK. This was his song and he had it played at his funeral. I miss him so much
So sorry for your loss,God bless you and your dad.🏴🏴🏴🏴
Respect to the men who worked hard and suffered in the mines
My GRANDAD worked in the mines and died of black lung at an early age. This song gives me goosebumps. Thank you.😢
My father was a Coal Miner in his early childhood life, in the Swansea Valley until he was around 28yrs, he then served in WW2 and then became an engineer / turner. I have researched his life extensively but this is the most amazing recording, both with the Lyrics and the video footage which makes what he did "Come Alive" . Thank you for "U-Tubing" this and sharing. Wonderful vocal / voice too. Miss you dad xx
My grandpa worked the mines for 54 years in pa died of black lung
Swansea valley? I live in Swansea
Must of been awful to have worked down the mines 😢
a wonderful song and sung by a great singer. I just wish the words were not changed from the original. My grandad lost 3 of his brothers and also his dad in a mining explosion deep underground 9.30am Thursday 26 March 1896. RIP all men and boys worldwide who never again saw the sun
True hard working hero's to the country.god bless them all.
A song I’ll always feel proud to listen to. To those men from Auchengeich Miners Distillery, you’ll never be forgotten. A community shook but never broken.
Beautiful song god bless and rip all the underground working men that are all gone but never forgotten
Both my grandfathers worked in the pits. One of them was killed down there. The pit have gone now. I can't ssay that they dirty conditions and dangerous work are to be missed. Having said that. By God I miss the people that worked and lived in the mining communities. A proud son of Durham I remain.
Playing this for my wifes papa who worked in bilston glen midlothian Scotland and for all the working miners who fought too keep our house warm and for the electricity that they went under ground for the coal thank you too all the miners. Great tribute
The video you provide is absolutely profound, complimenting the song. Our civilization is founded on coal and so few realize what it has taken to get it.
Grandfather worked down the pits all his life and died eventually of coal dust on his lungs.. Beautiful song.
My dad was a coal miner in wales. His dad was too. If he stayed in wales and didnt closed. I would of gone down
I still work in a Coal mine ( 14 years so far) and my heart is heavy with doubt if i will ever find a job as good. Miners are special breed of man. In a next year i will lose my job becouse EU want a green future or some bullshit.
Oh such a wonderful song for our brave men, I only had a brother in law that went down the pit, I was only young then, and still miss him and my sister so much, xxxxx
Respect to all those men who worked in the pits to put food on the table
My father worked in the mines until the age of 32, that's when he was killed in collapsed seam, the whole thing caved in. December 19th, 1956, six days before Xmas, left my 28 year old mother and 4 kids, of which I am one. He begged the overman for the overtime, to get money for presents for the kids. The overman told me this and cried in front of me, a fine man he was himself. I was 8 years old, the eldest, we have just gone through another 19th of December, as 66 years ago. RIP dad.
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Sorry to hear that ..may he R.I.P.
Some real Heartbreaking stories.
I’m welled up reading them.
Liam . From Dublin 2023. I’m almost 80 Yrs old.
God bless you all.
Your daddy sounds like an amazing daddy doing what he could for yous . Shout your story to everyone you meet
photo of ma papa in this video....sleep tight papa,at least your back together with the love of your life my wee nana.....miss you's❤💙❤💙
May the black-brown maiden keep him in her mantle. Babara , keep the miners safe!
John Wotherspoon s
Wow that's so beautiful! What a man to be proud of! Never tire of telling people how amazing your father and his colleagues were.
My dad went down the pit at 14 survived the lyndsday disaster in kelty five volunteered in 39 to serve with the black watch Dunkirk el allemien Anzio then returned to supposedly a land fit for heroes and went back to the mine died aged 66 years long before his time sadly missed a true hero every day of his life it took great courage to go where they went when health and safety was not as it is today rest in peace da freedom comes at price
Respect. Made of stronger stuff.
This hits me hard :( It makes me cry every time I listen to it, my whole family & friends were miners, me included, god how I miss being a miner and think of my late dad every single day, our memories should be compiled into a massive book which will most likely never be completed, bless you brave men who worked at the Pits, lets not forget the Canteen women & cleaners, they all did their bit.
RIP my friends who have left us. 💔Shirebrook Colliery 1896 until 1993 💔
Thank you for the posting and expression of the feelings from the experiences of the men who suffered so badly . Your words are reinforced by the facial expressions of the men who were photographed in that setting......this sorry and tragedy was repeated many times in eastern Canada in the mines over the successive years. I hope that yunger people would watch and ;isten to this U tube and refelct upon it .
In 1986 while living in Vancouver BC Canada, I visited the Folkfest section of the Expo 86. There was this shy woman on a stage singing to an almost empty hall.
The media was there filming her singing "Working Man".. The song touched a nerve with Canadians as the next day I went back to the same hall but could not get near the door. The lineup to get in was to long and the crowd was singing with her. Some with a defiant fist in the air. Considering what a horrible disasters that had happed in Springhill NS, it was understandable that
Rita McNeil
had put her heart into the song which the audience recognized.
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I was crushed Aug. 24th 1979 but was lucky . 4 of my crew were killed & i am only crippled . RIP Guz, Bill, Kerry & Tim . You'll never be forgotten & will live forever at the miners memorial at Price Utah . RIP my friends. Alan. 😢
Dad was a miner in Abercynon S. Wales . We moved to Canada so I would not have to go underground
That's the goal.
I'm from wilkes Barre pa. Both my granddads came from Wales as breaker boys and than worked in the mines here, black lung took them both! And people complain how tough we have it now!
Proud noble men. My grandfather was a coal miner all his life, but he NEVER wanted me down there.
Big respect to every miner for that proper hard work they done real workers in my eyes
I live in an old miners village in Scotland called Fallin
Behind our house is the old coal bing
Total fascinating
Discovered one of my relatives was a welsh coal miner, who was involved with the 1980’s miners strike. He died recently (about 10 years ago). I am learning welsh for him.
Da iawn chi.
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Thats a great way of honouring him. Da Iawn
I'm a Morgan💯 and I'm very proud, I'm half Jamaican too 👍 my name is Michelle Xx
My Dad and Granda were miners in Northumberland . I'm proud to be a pitman's Daughter.
They were all brave men. How many lost their lives . Working class and proud.
It's the same in Eastern Kentucky. But like we say here coal still keeps the light's on. But God bless the men that still do it.
My family on my dad's side have been coal miners in county Durham since 1553 at least. (We have searched our ancestry history). My grandad was killed at Silksworth colliery in 1934. My dad was very badly injured at Vane Tempest colliery and was still in hospital when my brother was killed at the same colliery. He was 21 and had only been married for eight weeks. I went underground 2weeks after my 16th birthday and stayed in the mining industry until I retired in 2007. My dad worked at the pit for 47 years. My great grandad on my mam's side worked in the coal mines in Kilkenny and came across to county Durham to work here. My grandad worked at ryhope colliery as did my uncles. Great and moving song whoever sings it. Rita macneil or the Dubliners or Celtic thunder.
Respect my friend, I'm Australian and have a similar history although not as long of course.
So much respect for all those that worked the mines, very brave x
Proud to be part of this Community
My grandfather, His brothers, his grandfather and his great grandfather all were Dudley and Barnsley miners, not one of them lived past 65, they were all killed from lung problems, 5 from mesothelioma.
NEVER A TOUGHER OR GENTLER SET OF MEN
I don't accsully work in the pits ,I work In Penrhyn quarry slate but I remember my father and grandfather leaving home to help in the dryweryn ass a Welsh man I'm proud of you miners .
God bless all coal miners. This video makes me TRULY appreciate the work I do.
This song brings back memories i turned 16 in1955 and went to work down the pit snowden colliary kent uk
My Welsh Great Grandfather was a coal miner. Sadly like many of his time, he passed away from the Black lung.
I love you Dad you never gave in to Thatcher like the rest of our generations. You was all united.
it was hard but honest work ,i went down at 16 and met some of the best work mates a man could have
Amen to that Brother. X
You were lucky, they did not throw away your bread and drink underground.
Or offer you a sandwich and coffee only to withdraw the offered snap and laughed in your face as you stretched out your hand.
They did not throw coal slurry in your face and eyes and laughed with hilarity.
They did not pull off your clothes, drag you along the ground and push you over on broken rocks on the blindside
They did not thump you in the kidney when the machine jammed and it was not your fault.
They did not twist your nose with a filthy pit glove for no reason but to give them a laugh and they knew you would not fight back.
You must have been more lucky than I was working down Bentley Colliery as a teenager.
Total respect to each a every coal worker, This song brings tears to my eyes
I owe so much to the man who sacrificed his sight to bring my family to England. This is why I preach so much to my children about how lucky they are for the choices they have today yma o hyd
To all the greatest men that worked down the pit it must of been one of the hardest jobs to do I lost my granddad 12 month ago he spent all of his life under ground I can still remember some of the stories he told me about working underground he was one tough man and he was my hero my life my rock it's hard him not been here but I no he is up there chilling out now watching down on me love you so much granddad miss you lots and once again to all the people that worked down the pit 100% respect you are the true men of the past
Lovely song ,,my late father worked on the face in the pits. In west Yorkshire in the 50ths and 60ths and I'm grateful I never had to go down any coal mine to make a living ,,RIP and to Rita who wrote this song RIP
My dad was a miner in County Durham and why does he cry when listing to this song
My dad was a miner in the north east. Langley Park pit and my older brother to. Dad would not let me go in the pits. He made me go for a trade. He was over the moon when I told him I had a apprenticeship to be a plumber. My hole family and cusons worked in pits sum cam out to drive wagons but dust got most. Dad made it to 83 but the dust got him the end he came out of the RAF and into the pits after the war all. My grandparents and most of ther kids worked pits to thay where a breed apart from the snowflakes of to day 2020
Don't know how you ever went down a mine.Total respect.
live by this song, magical
Omg this song is brilliant first heard it when somebody sang it in a pub in liverpool aug 2017 absolute brilliant
It touch you in the heart right away. Warm greetings to merseyside
Me too but in South Wales miss it you knew your friends this song really gets em flowing n memories come flooding back
Honest to God I’ve never heard this song before, but my what a beautiful song truly I am choked up.Thank you for sharing this song to the 🌍. Bless all the men who worked on the mines🙏, please who sang this beautiful song. Thank you.
iv no connection with mineing but i get tthe camaraderie, Im from a agricultural background and we still have a little of what they had back then, Miners, Dock workers, farmers etc, hard manual workers, what would they think of todays society?
Total Respect For All Miners, I feel privileged to have worked with many
My Dad Billy worked at Sixth Pit from 14 yrs...then later worked at Houghton Pit.
respect for everyone who worked in the mines without them we would never had a warm fire to heat us ❤❤
My great grandfather James Hancock was killed in the 1941 mine blast down crigglestone colliery R.I.P
Reading all the comments about people or their parents being miners and facing dangers or lung diseases makes me equal parts ashamed of humanity for subjecting their fellow man to it in the name of profit and equal parts proud of the courage and unity the workers showed and still show.
How many good men have worked underground and passed away heroes all off them it's the working man built economy s all over the world god bless all off them from the man going to work on a bicycle and working hard all day and cycling home
It's sad to think about the men that never came out 😭
Outstanding song Thank you for sharing
thank you for song remind me both my grandpap who where coal miner I miss them both the where who look up to growing up
Sadly only one winner, while the miners were eating from soup kitchens or fighting the so called scabs there brothers one man divided them... Mr Scargill the scurge of the miner!!!
I was a fourth generation of miners and nearly 60 now but would go back down pit tomorrow best job I've had and a privilege to have worked with some of the best people you could meet to this day I regret the end of such a great industry
thank you Rita for this song RIP
My dad worked at blackhall pit in co.durham from when he left school age 15 till the pits got closed down
So powerful......
i did ten years under ground from 1982 till1992 and it made me a man a team mate to all under ground cos you would never see any man strugle under ground or anywhere in the pit community you helpd everyone and they helped you
Alway brings a tear to my eyes
Roland Laycock .....a tear? An ocean no, it’s a tsunami of tears are escaping my eyes sniff sniff
This’s the kind of hard work that America was built on. Not sitting in front of a laptop! Now get off your ass and get busy and get back to welding, hammering, machining, and mining! 🇺🇸
🐴 ⚒ ❤ I LOVE IT ❤ ⚒ 🐴
All the best from an ex-coal miner from Germany.
Such a beautiful and moving song, god bless all miners past and present ❤❤
Son of a welsh Dad, this rings true; he was determined his children would not have to go down the mines so he provided us with a good education in the grammar schools
Me and my class watched it this in school today
❤️ The National Union of Mine Workers! ⛏️✊🌹
Grandfather, father and uncle were miners here in NZ. Total respect for all miners.
My grandad song not here with us and he move from south wales to coventry went coal mine close and he and my heart never forget wales because i am very happy i am welsh man
I mined Asbestos Coal and Gold . I'm 61 years old now. If I went back I wouldn't change a single thing .
Beautiful poem respect to all miners
My family were miners my nan lost her son at 18 yrs old miners brought him home laid him out on my nans table and washed him before the undertakers came for him how harrowing that must have been
❤es ist unserer Generation gar nicht bewusst, was wir den Bergleuten zu verdanken haben.DANKE. ❤
Marvellous version of a wonderful song. Great singer.